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Imbros

Ancient name
Imbros
Modern name
Gökçeada
Modern country
Turkey
Imbros is a large island in the Aegean Sea, north of Tenedos and directly west of the entrance to the Dardanelles. It was under Byzantine control until the fall of Constantinople in 1453, when it was less conquered by than just assimilated into the Ottoman Empire. 
Coordinates
40.16, 25.84
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M087

Variant spellings of Imbros in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
[...]bro Pnc5
[...]mbro He2
anbro Pal6
cibro Bal
Ciinbro Marc2
cinbrea Med2
cinbro Fo, Marc1, Yale4
CINBRO Pal5
cinbro isola Par1
Cunbro Cap1
Eimbro NYPL2
embro Clas2, He3, ME2, Pad1, Parm2, Ricc12
Embro Cors2, Morg
enbro Con1, Con4, Cs1, Laur3, Laur5, Magl2, NYPL3, Per2, Ricc8
Enbro Fn9
enoteq[...] NB
inbro Fn12
Inbro Ricc15
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Imbros.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/imbros/.